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20 posts categorized "Rubber Redneck 25 Days of Christmas Countdown"

01/21/2018

Back with the last Christmas Countdown Gift Day 25. If you would like to see all the Christmas countdown gifts check out my Family 25 Days Christmas Countdown Board on pinterest, follow me on pinterest so you don't miss out on anything!

Day 25 Family Frame

Our last gift for the Christmas Countdown was a Family Plaque we created for each Family. We used the first letter of everyone's last name and the silhouette to add the family onto the glass. Each frame and letter was painted in the colors that they told me where either their favorite or to match their homes. We had a hard time getting a good picture of the P and M frames.

This was the card we created to put with the gift. I printed our message on the Whisper White card stock then decorated it using the retired 25 Days and Greetings from Santa Stamp Set. I used some washi tape I had in my stash.

That's the end of the 25 Days of Christmas Countdown! Thank you for following along and I hope it gave you some great ideas. :)

Today's shares Day 24 of the family Christmas countdown gifts. If you would like to see all the Christmas countdown gifts check out my Family 25 Days Christmas Countdown Board on pinterest, follow me on pinterest so you don't miss out on anything!

Day 24 Christmas Eve Box

How about an AMAZING christmas eve box!! I saw this idea on Pinterest and really wanted to do it! I want one of these!! lol Each family received a Christmas Eve Box of goodies. The above pictures is pictures of the 4 Gifts boxes as we did each layer in the box. The boxes over all had the same items with the exception of a few items due to the kids ages, allergies, food was different for those that don't do candy and etc. Then box for the family with the new born I found a really cute santa outfit to put in it. (Crossed my fingers it would fit too when it came time to open this gift). lol We also only did stockings for the kids I found some cute one's at Hobby Lobby. The two siblings that had no kids we did a few different gifts in their boxes to suit them more.

Here are some of the main items in each box.

Santa Plate: Created by us with the Silhouette. We had quite the time creating them. The plates we bought the stupid stuff started chipping off so we had to scramble to find 5 red plates of course Dec. 11 good luck with that around here. Snort Took 3 days to make them because the plates started chipping, and we kept running out of stuff. lol Some of the gifts we wrote messages on the back. Yep the plates we put it on upside down but didn't realize it till we were done with all 4. ROFL My advice do them at least a month ahead. lol

Milk Bottles: We were going to make them but couldn't find enough bottles. While shopping for last minute stuff walmart of all places had the milk for santa. ROFL

Picture Frame Came from Hobby Lobby I did splurge on them I thought they were cool.

This is the card we put in the box. I used retired 25 Days stamp set and Greetings from Santa.

We decorated the inside of each box different too. We used wrapping paper, tissue paper and random christmas filler that we picked up from Hobby Lobby. I die cut out the Santa in Real Red card stock using my Big Shot and the Detailed Santa Thinlits. You can still order that Thinlit too!

Here it is all wrapped with the cute little tag I created using the retired 25 Days Stamp Set.

It was pretty hard to keep this gift a secret I was the most excited about this one. It was a blast to make!

01/20/2018

Today's shares are Day 21 - Day 23 of the family Christmas countdown gifts. If you would like to see all the Christmas countdown gifts check out my Family 25 Days Christmas Countdown Board on pinterest, follow me on pinterest so you don't miss out on anything!

Day 21 Elf Day

This was one of my favorite days! Not only was it a blast to put together but I love elves. lol The elf shoes were made using the silhouette. We cut them out in Lucky Limeade and Real Red card stock. On the ends some Dazzling Diamonds Glitter Paper, Bells and Ribbon. Since these where made for the coming year at the time I couldn't put food in them instead we did mini flash lights. Elf Hat, Elf Activity Mat found on-line, of course ELF movie and a trivia printable for it. Then we made the sign using the Silhouette to cut out vinyl. Which I think is the coolest thing EVER! lol Then I made little elf hats using the Joly Hat Punch and stuck them on red clothes pins I found at the craft store. Super Adorbe's right?

Of course there HAD to be a day with a tree and since we couldn't do the real deal we made one with a twist. lol I've seen little trees stuck in the wooden spool and I've been wanting to make one for years finally did. Haha I wrapped the wooden spool in some retired Stampin' Up! DSP. We found little trees and hot glued them into the wooden spool. Then printed off O Christmas Tree to go with it.

The card to go in the gift. I used the retired 25 Days Stamp inked in Real Red and stamped onto the card stock. On the right stamped the tree from retired Greeting from Santa in Garden Green. Then added a piece of retired Warmth & Cheer DSP to finish the card off.

I used the retired 25 Days Stamp inked in Real Red and stamped onto the card stock. Added some washi tape from my stash. The tag I die cut out a piece of DSP scrap using the Big Shot and Santa's Sleigh Thinlit. Finished it by coloring some Rhinestones with my sharpies and placed them onto the tree.

I found this general idea on pinterest only they used foam pieces. I thought it was pretty good and would really be great to teach the kids. I used the Santa's Sleigh Stamp Set which was perfect for this idea and you can still purchase this through my store to!

I just printed this off onto Whisper White card stock then stamped the images and die cut them out and made a little kit.

Close up, sorry not a great picture somehow we didn't get a picture with all of it laid out. lol The card printed off our message then I stamped the 23 from retired 25 Days stamp set and stamped multiple stars from the retired Tin of Tags Stamp Set in Crushed Curry.

Today's shares are Day 17 - Day 20 of the family Christmas countdown gifts. If you would like to see all the Christmas countdown gifts check out my Family 25 Days Christmas Countdown Board on pinterest, follow me on pinterest so you don't miss out on anything!

Day 17 Game Day/Farkle

How about a handmade game of Farkle? This idea was born in Target in the game isle. lol I saw the game Farkle in round container and thought hmmm. To create this you will need a Silhouette and green vinyl. I did green vinyl to stick with the christmas theme. Some sort of tin. I got these years ago some place and finally used them! Ha White small note pad and green pen came from Amazon. The dice I found at the dollar store. Directions typed up and then laminated them. Here is some close ups.

Cover

Inside

Day 17 Christmas Tag I used the Big Shot and retired Merry Tags Framelits to die cut out the Real Red card stock and retired Warmth and Cheer Designer Series Paper. I used the retired 25 Days stamp set to ink 17 in Real Red ink onto Whisper White card stock. I punched out the number using the 3/4 Circle Punch.

Card that went into the gift I used Pool Party and Whisper White card stock. The DSP was something left over in my stash. Then I added the 17 to it the same way as the tag above. We also picked up penguin theme gifts so we put the farkle game in with it. The gifts varied from family due to the kids ages. Some of the gifts came from a craft store, dollar store, target, target $1 spot. We had a new born basically so that was really hard to do stuff for him but I stumbled upon a really cute outfit with a penguin on it. Couldn't believe I just randomly found that by chance. lol

Wouldn't be christmas without the gingerbread house! If you wait till towards the end of December you can actually get these so they are good through the following December. Just a FYI since we did the gift a year ahead. I didn't think anyone would actually eat them but wanted to be safe just in case. lol You can still purchase the Cookie Cutter Stamp Set and Cookie Cutter Punch!!!

Rubber Redneck Quick Shots:

I decorated the gingerbread box with some misc gingerbread dsp I had in my stash. Then I used the stamp from Cookie Cutter Stamp Set; inked in Early Espresso and stamped onto Whisper White card stock. I punched it out using the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch.

I colored some Rhinestone Basic Jewels with a Real Red Sharpie marker and added them to the gingerbread man.

The gift tag I used scraps from my stash of DSP and used the number stamp from retired 25 Days Stamp Set. Inked in Old Olive and stamped onto Whisper White card stock. Then cut it out and attached with a dimensional. The top of the tag I punched a hole and tied some ribbon through it from my stash.

The card I printed the saying onto Whisper White card stock, then decorated with the Candy Cane Lane DSP. Then stamped 18 again in Old Olive.

When I was trying to figure out what to do for day 19 I was aimlessly wondering a store on the end cap was a book of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. Score!! This is one of my favorites for christmas and one I never get tired of. So the idea was born to make a craft "chain" to go with the book. lol I made 4 of these star chains. When they were done I had made a total of 160 stars.

Here is the card and tag we created.

Rubber Redneck Quick Shots:

Die cut out a lot of stars using the Big Shot and Star Framelits. I used some misc dsp from my stock pile, you'll want several different patterns of dsp. Each star took a total of 4 Stars for the front and back in 2 different sizes.

Die cut out lots of circles using the Big Shot and Layering Circles Framelits. I die cut them out of Silver Glimmer Paper to go with the Silver Bells. You need 2 circles per star.

Assemble each side of the star but don't glue the two halves together. (Learn from my mistake lol) I did so then I had to try to thread the hemp twine through and that really slowed me down.

You will need a heavy hemp for this project. Lay your stars out on a table (however many you want). Then lay your bells out between the stars this will give you an idea how long to cut your hemp.

Then thread your bells onto the hemp. Place the hemp out across the stars and slide the bells into place.

Go through and attach dimensionals to the stars.

Attach the other half of the star and your star chain is complete.

Decorate the card with dsp and some diecut stars. I stamped the number from retired 25 Days Stamp Set in Real Red Ink.

The gift tag was created out of leftover scraps of dsp and Whisper White card stock. I stamped the number from retired 25 Days Stamp Set in Real Red Ink.

Wouldn't be Christmas without Santa Pinball! lol Hubby found these and wanted to put them in the gift. He found them at Walmart.The card we printed our saying on Whisper White card stock. Stamped the 20 from retired 25 Days Stamp Set in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. I stamped the "greetings from the northpole" from retired Greetings from Santa Stamp Set (I thought that was fitting for a santa gift lol) in Real Red. Then stamped the stars in Old Olive. The gift tag was created using the Banner Triple Punch on a piece of Silver Glimmer Paper. Then I added some misc scraps of dsp from the left overs. I stamped the 20 onto Whisper White card stock and punched it out with the 1 1/4" Circle Punch. Add a Rhinestone I colored and some misc ribbons I had.

01/18/2018

Today's shares are Day 14 - Day 16 of the family Christmas countdown gifts. If you would like to see all the Christmas countdown gifts check out my Family 25 Days Christmas Countdown Board on pinterest, follow me on pinterest so you don't miss out on anything!

Day #14 Roll a Reindeer

How about Roll a Reindeer Game? I saw this game on pinterest and thought it would be a great family game and how perfect we had a reindeer stamp! Stampin' Up! sure knew what I was planning hehe. This uses the Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set and Cookie Cutter Builder Punch item #140396. You will also need a Laminator and Printer.

This is what the game looks like when you've created the reindeer. Pretty cute right?

Print off the Roll a Reindeer Game and Laminate all the sheets. Then cut out the pieces of the reindeer and put them inside one of our Standard Stamp Cases.

I printed off the title Roll-a-Reindeer onto Whisper White card stock.

I inked the stamp from Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp Set in Early Espresso and stamped onto Crumb Cake card stock. I stamped 2 Reindeer. Punch them out with the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch.

Glue to the Whisper White card stock on either side of the title and then laminate the Whisper White card stock and slide into the sleeve on the Standard Clear Case.

Our boxes were Rudolph Theme. We added the Rudolph movie to the package this for me was a family classic that I grew up with when I was kid so I really wanted it in the package. I recommend on not waiting to buy this in December we had a hard time finding 4 of these and you will pay way more for them in December! lol Here is what all the boxes looked like packaged up. Everyone's boxes were different again due to the family size, number of kids or no kids and what they like.

My brother's box we wanted to be funny with them they don't have kids but we put a kids craft kit in for them ;)

This was Jamie's little brother's box we found this Rudolph ornament and instantly cracked up and thought of those two!

This was hubby's middle brother's family package we added book and coloring activity book, chap-stick and an adorable baby hat.

My cousin's family package had activity books for the little guy and craft ornament that used bells, springs and etc. perfect for the older kids. I got these at a craft store they just happen to have reindeer ones. lol

I made a box to hold some tea packs, hot chocolate, candy canes I went with kinda a peppermint theme. The filler was something I found at Hobby Lobby and went perfect with the gift! The bottom picture was the card we put into the gift. We also decorated everyone's boxes different. I'll have a tutorial for the box down the road.

Front View

Side View

Rubber Redneck Quick Shots:

Create the box out of Basic Black card stock. Add a piece of DSP this was a retired piece I had left over.

Cut a piece of Old Olive card stock and stamp on it using the stamp from Candy Cane Christmas in Old Olive. Glue to the front of the box.

We found some cute christmas hand soaps. We decorated them by adding a tag to the front of them. The second picture is the tag and card we created to put with the gift. I used retired 25 Days Stamp Set to create the tag and card.

Rubber Redneck Quick Shots:

Cut a piece of Garden Green card stock and punch one end out with the Banner Triple Punch. On the other end score then tip through the Big Shot with the Layering Circle Framelits to die cut out the card stock so it will slide over the soap dispenser.

Add a piece of Warmth and Cheer Designer Series Paper.

Ink the stamp from Candy Cane Christmas Stamp Set in Cherry Cobbler and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White card stock. Zip through the Big Shot with the Layering Circle Framelits. Glue to the center of the Garden Green card stock.

Our second Rubber Redneck Christmas Leftover Giveaway is a brand 6 x 6 retired Merry Moments DSP! Some of the paper is perfect perfect to use any time of the year and would work great for valentine's day!

Rubber Redneck Christmas Leftovers Giveaway Details:

January 17-21, 2018 I will be randomly posting giveaways on my blog so be sure to check back through out the day so you don't miss out or subscribe to my blog!

Leave a comment on EACH Giveaway Blog Post and your name will be entered into the drawing for that giveaway. I will be drawing a total of 6 winners at the end of this giveaway event.

Prizes are only available to US residents only.

Prizes are non exchangeable and non refundable.

Winners will be announced on January 24, 2018 and the details on how to claim your prize will be posted!

01/17/2018

Happy New Year! I have lots to share with you all, as a heads up I will be posting several times a day to my blog. I want to wrap up all the christmas family gifts, December Daily, January Gifts and of course I have lots of fabulous new stuff to show you too! Since we are now at mid January I thought how fun would it be to do a special giveaway!!

Our first Rubber Redneck Christmas Leftover Giveaway is a brand new package of retired Mini Jingle Bells! These are perfect to use any time of the year and would work great for valentine's day!

Rubber Redneck Christmas Leftovers Giveaway Details:

January 17-21, 2018 I will be randomly posting giveaways on my blog so be sure to check back through out the day so you don't miss out or subscribe to my blog!

Leave a comment on EACH Giveaway Blog Post and your name will be entered into the drawing for that giveaway. I will be drawing a total of 6 winners at the end of this giveaway event.

Prizes are only available to US residents only.

Prizes are non exchangeable and non refundable.

Winners will be announced on January 24, 2018 and the details on how to claim your prize will be posted!

Prizes will be mailed out the beginning of February.

Today's shares are Day 11 - Day 13 of the family Christmas countdown gifts. If you would like to see all the Christmas countdown gifts check out my Family 25 Days Christmas Countdown Board on pinterest, follow me on pinterest so you don't miss out on anything!

These were all the goodies I created for the day 11 Gift. Of course I made every families a little different some how! lol I also by complete chance found gingerbread shaped cookie cutter. Some of the items can still be purchased and I have them listed below. This gift uses the Candy Cane Lane Suite from the 2016 Holiday Catalog that has since retired.

I purchased those large wooden clothespins and modgepodged the Candy Cane Lane DSP from the Holiday 2016 Catalog onto it. I added the gingerbread man from Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp Set onto the front. Then found a recipe on line for gingerbread cookies. We have people in our family that are also gluten free so I had to also find a recipe that was gluten free. My helper however typed up the directions wrong and I didn't catch it. Whoops lol I added the cookie recipe we found.

Little packet of coloring puzzles. I happen to find the puzzles at Hobby Lobby during my wanderings. lol I decorated a Kraft Tag a Bag Gift Bags. I decorated the bag with the Cookie Cutter Christmas and Candy Cane Christmas Stamp Sets.

I wanted to put gingerbread cookies (my favorite) in the gift but of course I couldn't find any that would keep for a year. lol So I found this idea on pinterest. Thought it was super cute! I just copied the saying I found on line. Printed it off onto Whisper White card stock and decorated.

Day 12 Christmas Jars

Man I don't know about you all but I love getting gifts like this! Jars are so fun to fill with goodies!

I filled a quart jar full of goodies! Everyone's jars were filled with different items. We did Holiday socks, candy, chap stick, $1 mittens, christmas stickers, change, travel games, and etc. I also filled them with fun christmas filler I found at Hobby Lobby. I had a blast creating these! If you want to create something like this at target and walmart they have a party isle and will have christmas theme things for little gifts for kids or hit the $1 Spot at Target. lol The front of the jar is the countdown card. I used the 25 Days retired stamp set.

On the left is the tag I created to go outside of the gift. I punched out a piece of Cucumber Crush card stock with the Banner Triple Punch. I used the 25 Days, Tin of Tags, and Project Life Date It Retired Stamp Sets.

Day 13 Jingle Bell Toss

While researching ideas I stumbled upon this fun idea of using bells and miniature cups to create a game! I thought it was a must do because our family actually has a game with these cups only you use quarters and cards so when I saw this it was happening! lol However I didn't realize how hard it would be to find little miniature red cups. We went to so many stores trying to hunt them down. It was pretty funny. The bottom pictures are the Day 13 card and gift tag. They used the retired stamp sets 25 Days and Stitched with Cheer.

The base is created out of a canvas board and 2 miniature red cups on one end to prop it up. We hot glued them on.On the top side you lay out the cups to look like an upside down tree. Hot glue those too.Find a decorative christmas bag and fill with christmas bells. We had enough cups left over that hubby and I made one for us to. We had a blast playing it!

Then I typed up the directions on how to play.

Jingle Bell Toss2 Players

Directions:

Each player gets 6 bells of a single color.

Stand a few feet away from the board. Toss 1 bell at a time and try to get it into the cups.

Bells that land in the top row of the cups are worth 2 points each.

Bells that land in the middle row and bottom row are worth 1 point each.

After you have thrown all six bells in your color then it is your opponent’s turn to toss their bells. Any bell that lands in a cup that already has an opponent’s bell in it cancels out the points for both bells. Once both players have thrown all of their bells the round is complete and points can be totaled.

Continue to keep playing rounds until someone’s score totals 21 at the end of a round then that person wins.

12/28/2017

I hope all of you had a Merry Christmas! We've been pretty busy around here, we still have a few more family christmas to do. lol Lots to share and their will be several blog posts a day till I get all caught up, some sneak peeks from the Occasions and SAB Catalog, wrapping up the christmas countdowns, and my December Daily Album.

But first blog post for today is Day 9 and 10 of the family Christmas countdown gifts. Which features several box ideas that I will be sharing how to make down the road, be sure to subscribe to my blog so you don't miss out on anything! If you would like to see all the Christmas countdown gifts check out my Family 25 Days Christmas Countdown Board on pinterest, follow me on pinterest so you don't miss out on anything!

Day 9

Build a snowman day....this has been one of my favorite things to do since I was a kid! So I came up with some fun gift ideas and a fun craft project to do indoors this year.

How about a decorated electric tea light. Cute right? I found this general idea on pinterest. So fun and easy to do too. I made the hat using the Big Shot, Everyday Jar's Framelits and Layering Squares Framelits. Stamped the images from the retired Stitched With Cheer Stamp Set and used the Holly Berry Builder Punch. Use a sharpie to draw the eyes on the tea light.

Of course it needed a little box to hold it. I filled the box with tinsel another awesome use for that stuff!

The lid I created for the box. I just die cut out the center with the retired Perfect Pines Framelits. Then added a piece of Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate over the opening so the snowman could peek through :)

The adults got snowman poop boxes. lol I made this using the Big Shot, Layering Circles Framelits and the Jolly Hat Builder Punch. It fits the tic tac containers. (This was one of my husbands favorites to give his siblings. lol)

I wanted some sort of crafty thing that the families could do so we created build a snowman kit using glue, cotton balls, card stock, and pipe cleaners. I am going to be sharing this hole project in Jan sometime along with the printable we created so be sure to come back for that one.

Every family recieved some sort of fun gifts we purchased that had a snowman theme. I found these really cute snowman picks for everyone. Everyone's gift was different to match kid's ages.

Here is the card we put in Day 9 Gift. It uses the retired 25 Days stamp set.

Day 9 Christmas Tag. I used the Big Shot, Perfect Pines Framelits and the retired 25 Days Stamp Set to create them.

Day 10

December is the biggest month for pictures so I hunted down some cute little picture holders.

How stinkin cute are these?

Here is Day 10 card we put in the gifts. It uses the retired stamps 25 Days and Tin of Tags Stamp Sets.

12/20/2017

Christmas continued countdown fun this morning! Some of you where asking about directions on the boxes/containers. I will be sharing how to create them with current product in the coming months so that's when I will be posting the directions, video's and free downloadable project sheets on how to create them :) so be sure to subscribe to my blog so you don't miss out on anything!

Day 5

Baby it's cold outside.....

December is usually cold here so what better way to stay warm but with Hot Chocolate and the adults got something to give their hot chocolate a little zip. lol The container was from Hobby Lobby and these things ROCK to hold little goodies in! These would make a great gift for coworkers, neighbors, and friends too!

In the Hot Chocolate Box

2 mugs mainly those where for the adultsReally fun stir sticks and straws in Christmas colors found these at hobby lobbyPeppermint sticks found these at TargetHot Chocolate Packets (you can buy these in the bulk and it will save you some $$)1 mini alcohol bottle most liqueur stores sell these and their perfect for little gifts

I of course made a little box to hold the hot chocolate packets. It uses the retired stamp set Candy Cane Lane. Isn't this fun! I will be sharing how to make this box in January sometime so be sure to stop back. Supper easy to make!

This is the card we made to slide into the gift. Uses the retired Candy Cane Lane and 25 Days stamp sets.

One tag design for the outside of the gift. I used the 25 Days Stamp Set and the Outdoor Adventure Framelits to create this.

Here is the other set of tags. I was trying to use up scraps and stuff from my stash of goodies. This also used the 25 Days and the Outdoor Adventure Framelits.

Right now the Outdoor Adventure Framelits are in the clearance rack at a discount!!!

Day 6

Sense hubby and I have been dubbed elves we wanted to include some elves in the gift some how. This is what we found.

Ha Ha aren't these AWESOME! We both saw them right away and busted out laughing. Got them at Hobby Lobby too.

One of the cards we made to go in the gift. This one uses the Number of Years and retired Stitched with Cheer Stamp Set.

Another card this one uses 25 Days and Retired Stitched with Cheer Stamp Set.

Gift tags created with the Number of Years Stamp Set and retired Stitched with Cheer Stamp Set used up some more scraps!

We also found these cute bags that went with the elves. lol That gift was a lot of fun to put together.

It's important to write those letters to Santa so how about these AWESOME Santa Letter Board!! I made a couple of different ones so they weren't all the same. lol

The directions below are for this one but all the paper is the same measurement for all of them. Some of the product you can still purchase but some has retired. We picked up the frames at a craft store and then painted the frames. They took 2 coats.

To Create this you will need the following supplies:

Hot Glue Gun

Big Frame Board (I got this at a craft store)

Delta Red Paint

Foam Brush

Stampin' Up! Supplies

Rubber Redneck Quick Shots:

Cut 1 Sheet of Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper 11 3/4" x 11 3/4" for the background. I modgepodged this to the board.

Create a pocket:

Cut 1 piece of Basic Black card stock 1" x 11 3/4" score at 1/2", fold on the scored line and attach the bottom of the board inside.

Cut 2 pieces of Basic Black card stock 1" x 4" and score at 1/2" on each side. Glue each piece to the the sides of the board towards the bottom inside.

Cut 1 piece of the Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper in a different patter 5" x 11 3/4". Glue the dsp to the basic black card stock that is facing up forming a pocket.

Decorate:

Cut a piece of Gold Glimmer Paper 1" x 11 3/4". Slide so it goes into the pocket and glue to the board. This helps break up the patterns of the paper.

Die cut out the Gold Foil Sheet using the Big Shot and Santa's Sleigh Thinlits.

Stamp the deer in Tuxed Black Memento Ink onto Kraft card stock. Zip through the Big Shot with the Santa's Sleigh Thinlits. Color the reindeer hooves in using the Basic Black Marker.

Assemble your scene and attach with Stampin' Dimensionals. I used the Baker's Twine Trio Pack to make reins.

Hot glue the Kraft Rope around the edges on the inside and hot glue a reindeer to the top right corner.

Awesome right? These were a blast to make but they do take about 2 days because of the painting. The Santa Letter slides right into the pocket. The Santa Letter I found on Pinterest and posted the PDF here for you all if you would like to print your own.

The cards for my side of the family we put on them Redneck Made Elves Inc. My family is always making fun of me and calling me a redneck and hubby said he felt like a elf so we decided to be silly one night while making gifts. This is what happens when you go on little sleep and inhale fumes. lol

I of course couldn't just keep them the same. lol

The gift tags to go on the packages. I made these using the Big Shot and Merry Tag Framelits. These were fun to make.

That was it for day 3 gift! I really loved them and hope everyone did to.

Day 4

Was games for each family we found some cute games at Target and of course I forgot to take a picture of that too so all I have to show is the cards and tags we made.

Cards were made from Basic Black and Whisper White card stock. I stamped the number in real red. I took the stamp from Oh, What Fun inked in Versa Mark and poured Silver Embossing Powder over it and heat set it.

Tags for the outside of the packages. I used the Big Shot, Layering Square Framelits, Banner Triple Punch, This Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper and some misc dsp, 3/8 Glitter Ribbon and Rhinestones.

Some of you where asking me how did I get this all done with what we've been going through. I did not do these this year this was part of the gift I gave last Christmas to be open this Christmas, it was part of our Year of Gifts for our families. I shared some but not all so I didn't give the gift away. Thus why it is using the retired Holiday Catalog Product from last year ;) Day 2 was Christmas Fun Foam Kits that I forgot to take pictures of. lol I found these while I was cruising an isle looking for ideas for the little ones.

However I do have a picture from my cousin of her little guy with his completed project. Once again someone saved my bacon! lol

One thing I really like to do is create customer wrapping paper. You can do it if you plan ahead that is the key :) I purchased a roll of Kraft Wrapping Paper from Hobby Lobby. I usually stock up on this around Christmas time because that is when they have there wrapping paper at 50% off. To create my wrapping paper I used the Oh, What Fun Photopolymer Stamp Set item #140386 from the main catalog.

Tip~ One thing to note is be sure you are stamping on a hard surface. I was working on one of our tables that I thought would hard enough but as you can tell one of my Happy Christmas didn't ink good enough because the table gave.

Rubber Redneck Quick Shots:

Roll out the amount of wrapping paper you need. Ink the stamp from Oh, What Fun Stamp Set in Real Red ink and stamp onto the wrapping paper. Repeat till you have the entire piece stamped on. You can add more images if you would like I just liked the Merry Christmas on it. That's all it takes!

Tip~ Let your paper dry before wrapping your gift it only takes a few minuets to wait.

This was the day 2 tag label I created.

Zip a piece of This Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper through the Big Shot with the Layering Circles Framelits. These are on sale!!!

Cut a piece of Whisper White card stock and zip through the Big Shot with the Banner Framelits. Stamp your 2 onto the top in Garden Green Ink. I used the retired 25 Days Stamp Set and retired Metallics Glitter Tape.

Ink the stamp from Stitched with Cheer Stamp Set in Real Red and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White card stock. Zip it through the Big Shot with the Bunch of Banner Framelits die cutting it. Attach all of your pieces together with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Punch a hole at the top with the 1/8 Handheld Punch and tie some Candy Cane Baker's Twine through it. Add a Rhinestone Basic Jewel.

Attach to your package and use wrapping ribbon to finish decorating.

This was the card we created to go inside the packaging with the gift.